The bone-piercing cold wind brushed past the front of the base entrance, also blowing cold Chen Ling's heart.
Damn it... how could he be here???
This man before his eyes, Chen Ling had only just seen on the fourth floor of the Aurora Base not long ago, he absolutely could not have recognized wrongly.
But shouldn't the Lord of the Aurora still be deeply sleeping inside the base? When did he wake up? How come in the blink of an eye, he appeared behind himself like a ghost? Is he coming for him? But how could it be like this... Could it be because he touched the Glass a bit? It doesn't make sense ah?!
Countless thoughts rapidly surged in Chen Ling's heart, almost directly making his brain smoke dry. An "ancient person" originally sleeping perfectly fine inside the Hibernation Chamber, turning his head is fixedly looking at himself from behind, this fundamentally is a plot that would only appear in a horror movie!
Chen Ling silently moved his gaze away from the opposite figure, naturally turning around, walking towards the distance pretending not to know him.
"Wait."
The man's voice slowly rang out.
Chen Ling's footsteps paused. He blankly and astonishingly turned his head back, looking around the surroundings once, blankly pointing at himself. "Are you talking to me?"
"You think just by changing a face, I won't recognize you?" The Lord of the Aurora just looked at Chen Ling with a face full of innocence like this. "Even if turned to ash, I can smell the 'World-Ending' Aura on your body."
As soon as this sentence came out, it thoroughly shattered Chen Ling's last bit of luck.
He carried the "World-Ending" Calamity on his body, he was the enemy of all humanity, undoubtedly standing on the opposite side of the Lord of the Aurora... Now that the Lord of the Aurora woke up, he Chen Ling inside this Aurora City, was exactly the Lord of the Aurora's greatest threat!
The haze of death enveloped Chen Ling's heart. In those eyes surging like auroras, everything of his seemed to be seen through.
Just when the atmosphere plunged into a stalemate, the Lord of the Aurora's voice rang out again:
"What? Know to be afraid?"
Chen Ling slightly blanked out. He doubtfully raised his head looking at the Lord of the Aurora. In the opponent's eyes, an imperceptible touch of teasing flashed past... Not knowing if it was Chen Ling's illusion.
Chen Ling took a deep breath, deliberating and speaking:
"Lord of the Aurora... Senior. I had no intention of disturbing your deep sleep, and also don't have any hostility towards the Aurora City... My appearing here is merely an accident. If you mind, I will leave right now."
As the voice fell, he turned around and then walked towards the distance.
"Halt." The Lord of the Aurora called him to a stop again.
Chen Ling: ...
"Come back."
Under Chen Ling's helplessness, he could only obediently walk back before the Lord of the Aurora.
The Lord of the Aurora gazed fixedly at him for a long time, slowly speaking, "Take me to stroll around."
"...What?"
"I am not familiar with this era yet, I need a Guide."
Chen Ling's brows unconsciously frowned tightly. He doubtfully sized up the Lord of the Aurora. In those eyes, he didn't see any killing intent... only unknown as profound and mysterious as the auroras.
"Do we... know each other?" Chen Ling subconsciously asked.
The Lord of the Aurora paused for a moment. "Don't know."
"Then..."
"My time is not much anymore, and you are a 'World-Ending' Calamity... I always have to properly keep an eye on you before I die, to prevent you from being disadvantageous to this city."
Chen Ling blanked out. He carefully pondered this sentence, feeling there seemed to be somewhere not right, but it also seemed very reasonable... So, is he under house arrest?
"Of course, you can also refuse..."
The Lord of the Aurora's eyes narrowed slightly. The next moment, streak after streak of dark blue electrical arcs cracked and swam around him. The auroras in the sky rolled backwards, Rank 9 Oppressive Aura abruptly descended!
"If it's like this... I can only kill you first, to eliminate future troubles."
"Wait!" Chen Ling immediately spoke. "I agree!"
The current [Audience Expectation Value] was still not up to 50. If he was killed by the Lord of the Aurora, he would truly die... Furthermore even if the Expectation Value was enough, having two lives, in front of the Lord of the Aurora it fundamentally wasn't enough to kill.
The Lord of the Aurora seemed very satisfied with Chen Ling's reaction. He patted the hem of his White Coat Wearer garment, dispersing the surrounding electrical arcs.
"Lead the way."
"...Where do you want to go?"
"Is there a Starbucks? I want to drink an oat latte."
"...Where would this place have Starbucks, nearby there is only one local Wisteria Coffee Shop, and it tastes very bad..." Chen Ling naturally responded a sentence, subsequently suddenly blanking out on the spot.
Starbucks... in this era, he hadn't heard this brand for a long time.
Chen Ling remembered. The Lord of the Aurora originally was exactly a scientific research personnel before the Great Cataclysm, it was just after the cataclysm occurred, he voluntarily chose deep sleep... To the Lord of the Aurora, he merely woke up from a sleep, and then arrived at a completely unfamiliar era, just like... just like his own "Transmigration" back then?
In Chen Ling's cognition, the Lord of the Aurora's own halo was truly too big, to the point he even ignored it, he and the Lord of the Aurora were originally people of the same era.
Wait, then didn't his own answer just now, also expose the fact of his own Transmigration??
And looking conversely at the Lord of the Aurora, he didn't seem to have any reaction to Chen Ling's answer, but casually said:
"Never mind, just go to that whatever Wisteria Coffee Shop... After not drinking for so long, my coffee addiction is acting up."
Chen Ling's mind was still in a storm state, to the point walking was somewhat absent-minded. Fortunately that coffee shop was not too far from here, walking for not many steps he then arrived at the entrance.
Chen Ling extended his hand to push the door. For a moment he unexpectedly didn't push it open. He recovered his senses looking down, only seeing cold frost had already frozen the gap beside the door, emitting cracking sounds along with his push.
What's going on? He entered the base for merely six hours, the outside temperature has already dropped to this degree?
Although Chen Ling was doubtful, he also didn't take it to heart. After all how long has he even been in the Aurora City, not knowing how the climate changes here actually were. He only felt it might be a sudden temperature drop. After forcefully pushing again, he jolted off the ice frost on the door, arriving inside the coffee shop.
"No one?" Chen Ling looked all around the room for a circle. Not seeing the shop assistant and boss, he spoke in astonishment.
"I see what's hanging at the entrance is still an open for business sign." The Lord of the Aurora raised his eyebrows. "Never mind, let's order first..."
Immediately following, his hands began to fumble on his body.
"...What are you doing?" Chen Ling asked.
"Scanning the code to order ah." The Lord of the Aurora blanked out for a bit, subsequently recovering his senses. "Right, this era shouldn't have this kind of thing... My phone is also not on me."
"..." Chen Ling spoke helplessly, "This shop has no one, let's change to another one."
"No need, leave the money, I can brew it myself."
Saying this, the Lord of the Aurora walked behind the counter, rolling up his White Coat Wearer sleeves, starting to proficiently select coffee beans.
"Lord of the Aurora Senior, you even know how to grind coffee?"
"Previously when doing experiments, there was no coffee machine in the unit, we all hand-ground it." The Lord of the Aurora paused for a moment. "Also, no need to call me Lord of the Aurora Senior... Call me Yang Xiao, or Dr. Yang both work."